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Abbotsbury (see Barley estate, Hertfordshire)
Albert VII, archduke of Austria 250–251
Albret, Jeanne d', queen of Navarre 85–86
aldermen (see London: aldermen)
Allen, Captain Francis 12–13
Altham, James 147
Anthony, servant of Anne Bacon 262
António, Dom, prior of Crato 161
archdeaconry court (see St Albans: archdeaconry court)
Archelow/Archeloe, Dr 227
Argentine, Richard 5
Audley, Thomas, lord chancellor 14, 67
Auvergne, Henri de la Tour d', fourth vicomte de Turenne, duc of Bouillon 22, 238–239, 248, 255–256, 258
Aylmer, John, bishop of London 25, 180 n. 619, 181–182
Babbe, Francis 119
Bacon, Lady Anne (née Butts) 288
Bacon, Lady Anne (née Cooke) passim but see especially:
counsel: for the earl of Essex 18, 208, 229, 236–238, 256, 262–265, 267; maternal counsel 7, 13–20, 22–23, 99–108, 110–117, 123–125, 137–139, 141–142, 144, 150, 152, 155–157, 171–172, 174–181, 192–196, 200, 202, 204, 206–207, 209–215, 217, 219–235, 246, 248–249, 254–255, 257, 268, 278–280, 286–288; religious counsel 17–19, 99–101, 120, 144, 178–179, 188, 196–198, 200, 206–208, 213–214, 219–220, 225, 229, 236–240, 263–265, 267, 276–277, 280–282
education 4–8, 95, 190–191, 217; Greek 3 n. 8, 4–5, 7, 18–19, 38, 42, 55, 85–86, 100, 108, 110, 120, 123, 142, 197–198, 202, 206–209, 213, 217–218, 220–221, 224–225, 229–230, 232–236, 238, 244, 249, 256, 261, 265–266, 274–275, 277–278, 282, 285–286, 288; Hebrew 5, 7, 19, 100, 232, 238, 268, 280; Italian 5, 9 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: translations: Ochino); Latin 5–9, 22, 42, 55–58, 61–69, 76, 80–86, 89–93, 100, 102–107, 111–116, 118, 120, 124–126, 130, 138–139, 141–142, 144, 147, 150, 152, 157, 160–163, 168, 172, 174–176, 178–179, 181–182, 188–193, 195–196, 198–201, 203–204, 207–211, 214–221, 223–224, 226–238, 240, 242–243, 246–247, 249, 253–255, 257, 259, 262–263, 265, 267–270, 273, 275–280, 282–283, 286 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: translations: Apologia)
finances 28–31, 107, 123–128, 141, 150, 157–158, 166–170, 173–177, 188–189, 194, 214, 226, 228, 230, 239, 243, 246–249, 252, 259–260, 271, 278, 285–288
health 89, 103, 137, 138, 148, 150, 155, 177, 183, 188, 194, 198, 201, 210, 218, 233–234, 238, 264, 270, 276–277, 288
letters: delivery 41–44, 106–107, 110, 114, 117, 120, 122, 125, 128, 131, 136, 139, 142, 161, 165, 168, 170, 172, 178, 208, 215–216, 222, 258, 260, 265, 267–268, 285; epistolary privacy 42–43, 100, 106, 108, 113, 127, 138, 155, 174–175, 178, 181, 196, 207–212, 214, 221, 226, 229, 235, 237, 249, 253, 267–268, 272 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: education: Latin, Greek)
marriage 6–9, 14, 57–59, 61–68, 71, 77–78, 80–82, 85–86, 95, 162, 195, 202, 219, 246–247, 279, 285 (see also Bacon, Sir Nicholas I; Haddon, Walter)
medical knowledge 34–35, 105–106, 109, 112–113, 130, 142, 150, 162, 179–181, 193–195, 203–204, 207, 218–219, 223, 227, 235, 255, 276–278, 287–288
mistress of Gorhambury: estate management 31–34, 71, 103–106, 126–127, 137, 141, 144, 151–152, 154, 156–161, 171–172, 192–194, 196–197, 200–203, 211–212, 224–226, 232, 256–258, 262 (see also Gorhambury: manorial court); household management 9, 107, 127, 171, 177–178, 196, 200, 205, 208–209, 212–213, 215, 217, 222, 252, 270, 274–276, 286 (see also Spencer, Edward); provisions for sons 107–109, 111–113, 126–127, 129–130, 133–136, 139, 141, 144, 148–149, 151, 154, 170–172, 176–177, 193, 204, 207–210, 214–216, 218–219, 221–223, 227, 232–235, 241–247, 249–250, 252, 256–257, 259–260, 262, 273
motherhood 11–17, 77–78, 80–84, 89–93, 95, 123, 125, 146–147, 190–191, 194 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: counsel: maternal counsel)
religious belief 5–6, 17–19, 35, 104, 112, 138, 151–152, 171, 180–182, 203–204, 220, 222, 225, 228, 231, 233, 235, 273, 275–276 (see also Aylmer, John; Bèze, Theodore de; A Parte of a Register)
religious patronage 24, 61–68, 77–78, 87–89, 96
sisterhood 27–28, 55–58, 150, 207, 209, 242
stepmotherhood 69–74, 79–80, 288 (see also Bacon, Sir Edward; Bacon, Sir Nathaniel; Bacon, Sir Nicholas II; Peryam, Lady Elizabeth (née Bacon); Wyndham, Lady Elizabeth (née Bacon))
translations: John Jewel's Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae 6, 59–61; Ochino's sermons 5–6, 8, 51–54
widowhood 9, 18–19, 24, 27, 39, 81–86, 88, 109, 152, 238, 282, 285; and 1 Timothy 5:9–10 18–19, 38, 108, 142, 197–198, 202, 218, 220, 265, 282, 288
Bacon, Lady Anne (née Gresham) 11, 36, 69–71–74, 80
Bacon, Anthony passim but see especially:
childhood 71–72, 77–78, 210
European travels 12–13, 80–86, 89–93, 110, 134, 280; prosecution for sodomy 13, 93 n. 178; return to England 3, 12–13, 17, 99–101
finances 29–31, 102, 118, 150, 185, 194, 200, 214, 228, 239, 242–243, 246–247, 285–288 (see also Barley estate: sale of manor)
health 34–35, 99, 105–106, 126, 130, 142, 145, 150, 153, 172, 180, 190–191, 195, 197–198, 205, 225, 227, 232, 260, 273, 277–278, 287
local politics 16, 20–21, 42, 114, 119, 176
relationship with aunt Elizabeth Cooke Hoby Russell 27–28, 153, 207, 209, 261
relationship with the earl of Essex 15–16, 153, 224
relationship with mother, passim but see especially: intelligence provision 21–22, 122, 140, 143, 161, 163–166, 169, 238–239, 245, 248, 250–251, 253, 258–262, 269, 274; reactions to maternal counsel 118–119, 134, 140, 143, 145, 156, 184–187, 189, 241, 243, 251, 287 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: counsel: maternal counsel); requests for provisions from Gorhambury 22–23, 31, 107, 109, 111, 148–149, 151, 177, 204, 207–208, 218, 221, 241 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: mistress of Gorhambury: provisions for sons)
relationship with uncle Lord Burghley (see Cecil, William, Lord Burghley: relationship with Bacon nephews)
residences (see London: Bishopsgate Street, Chelsea, Essex House, Gray's Inn; Redbourn, Hertfordshire)
Bacon, Sir Edward 72, 81–82, 129 n. 357
Bacon, Francis, Viscount St Alban 21, 44–45, 72 n. 110, 99–101, 111, 114, 120, 122–123, 125, 129, 133, 135, 138–139, 143, 146–148, 150–152, 154–155, 157, 160–161, 165–166, 169–170, 174, 176, 179, 183–185, 188–189, 192–194, 196, 198, 202, 205, 209, 210–211, 217, 219, 221, 227, 233–234, 239, 242, 254, 259, 273–274, 286–287
childhood 11, 71–72, 77–78, 210
finances 29–31, 121, 124–125, 136, 141, 147, 150, 157–158, 182, 194, 200, 226, 228, 247–249, 252, 278, 288
health 34, 136, 143, 190–191, 205, 229
letters 101, 157–158, 169–170, 178–179, 183–184, 192–193
relationship with the earl of Essex 15, 122, 133, 140, 149, 163–165, 224
relationship with mother: reactions to maternal counsel 22, 105, 117, 125, 170 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: counsel: maternal counsel); requests for provisions from Gorhambury 22, 31, 170, 184 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: mistress of Gorhambury: provisions for sons)
relationship with uncle Lord Burghley (see Cecil, William, Lord Burghley: relationship with Bacon nephews)
residences (see London: Gray's Inn; Twickenham Park, Middlesex)
Bacon, Sir Nathaniel 7 n. 28, 11, 30 n. 149, 42, 44, 69–70, 72–74, 79–80, 102 n. 197, 173 n. 576, 272
Bacon, Sir Nicholas I 27, 57–59, 71, 74 n. 122, 102 n. 197, 102 n. 199, 104 n. 206, 108, 115 n. 273, 118, 176, 188, 195 n. 684, 201–202, 216, 219, 246–247, 252, 256, 270, 278–279, 284–285; death 2–3, 11–12, 14, 29, 80–82, 247; fatherhood 125, 135, 280; health 31, 35, 71, 162, 180, 195, 278; lord keeper 9, 118; marriage 6–9, 39, 61–68; religion 6, 8–9, 77–78 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: marriage)
Bacon, Sir Nicholas II 11–12, 19, 29–30, 35, 44, 71, 72 n. 111, 79–80, 146–147, 149, 181, 193, 272, 288
Bacon, Robert 23–24, 243, 283–287
Bacon, Susan 57–58
Bailey/Bayly, John 210
Baithforde/Bashford(e), servant of Anne Bacon 109, 134, 155
Barley estate, Hertfordshire (Minchenbury, Abbotsbury, and Hores) 33, 115–118, 136–137; sale of manor 29–30, 108, 120, 122, 128, 138, 142–147, 280
Barnet, Hertfordshire/London 272
Bath, Somerset 35, 129–130, 133, 148, 151
Báthory, Sigismund, prince of Transylvania 250
Baylye, Robert 105, 179
Bedfords manor, Essex 58
Berault, Michel 13, 89–93
Bèze, Théodore de 6, 12, 25, 38–39, 80–86, 133–134
Bingham, Sir Richard 271–272
Birch, Thomas, Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth 2
Blanchard, Honoré 80–81
Boldero, Francis 71, 158, 188
Bonner, Edmund, bishop of London 26, 182
Bradley, Rudolph 26, 112, 189, 207 n. 761, 280–281
Bressey, Edmund 287 n. 1267
Briscoe, Edward 279 n. 1230
Brocket, Sir John 134, 174
Brocket, Thomas 175, 178, 192, 194, 212, 215, 234
Brooke, William, tenth Baron Cobham 255, 274
Bunne, William 225
Burbage, Edward 108
Burbage, James 205 n. 746
Burbage, William 108
Burgh, Thomas, Lord Burgh 260
Burghley (see Cecil)
Burston manor, Hertfordshire 30, 104, 211 n. 790
Butler, Sir Henry 119
Butlers manor, Hertfordshire 103 n. 202, 155–156, 196
Caesar, Sir Julius 24, 253, 260 n. 1108
Cambridge University 55–56, 65, 72; St John's College, Cambridge 56 n. 23; Trinity College, Cambridge 72, 74 n. 123, 81 n. 154, 283 n. 1251
Carpenter, Anthony 105, 171
Carpenter, Thomas 105, 171
Cartwright, Thomas 13
Castol, Jean 133–134, 161
Cecil, Mildred, Lady Burghley (née Cooke) 3–9, 14, 27, 35 n. 174, 36, 39 n. 188, 44, 55–57, 58 n. 34, 83 n. 158
Cecil, Robert, earl of Salisbury 15, 20, 27–28, 42, 45, 120 n. 306, 163–165, 179, 187–188, 198–200, 209, 248–249, 253, 258, 269–272, 274
Cecil, William, Lord Burghley 6–8, 11, 27, 39, 42 n. 200, 44, 55–56, 79–80, 101, 115–118, 135, 194, 209, 239, 249, 272, 286–287; relationship with sister-in-law Anne Bacon 18–19, 23–24, 87–89, 146–147, 217–218, 269, 284–285; relationship with Bacon nephews 12, 14–15, 28, 93 n. 178, 110, 140, 146–147, 149, 153, 163–166, 176, 179, 193, 199, 261
Cheddar, Somerset 278
Cheke, Sir John 55–56
Christian IV, king of Denmark 239, 258
Cicero, Marcus Tullius 8, 57 n. 28
Clark, Henry 115, 118
Clark, John 119, 278–279
Cleves, Anne of, queen of England 58
Clifford, Sir Conyers 271–272
Clifford, Margaret (née Russell), countess of Cumberland 228
Cocke, Henry 24 n. 110
Cockthorpe manor, Norfolk 74
Coke, Sir Edward 15, 140, 163, 165 n. 545, 184 n. 642
Coke, John 4
Colney Chapel, Hertfordshire 102
Coltman, Mr 225
Coningsby, Sir Ralph 119
Conisby, Humphrey 114
Cooke, Anne (see Bacon, Lady Anne)
Cooke, Lady Anne (née Fitzwilliam) 3–6, 53–54, 59 n. 39, 95
Cooke, Sir Anthony I 3–5, 55–56, 57 n. 29, 86, 95, 192 n. 666
Cooke, Anthony II 3, 5
Cooke, Edward 3
Cooke, Elizabeth (see Russell, Lady Elizabeth)
Cooke, Erasmus 181, 193, 212, 233
Cooke, John 4
Cooke, Katherine (see Killigrew, Lady Katherine)
Cooke, Lady Margaret (née Pennington) 4
Cooke, Margaret (see Rowlett, Lady Margaret)
Cooke, Mildred (see Cecil, Mildred, Lady Burghley)
Cooke, Richard 3
Cooke, Sir Richard 4
Cooke, William 3
Corneillis, Michael 124, 136
court, English royal 105, 200, 217, 233, 236
Cox, Richard, bishop of Ely 4
Crewe, Thomas 32, 115–117, 126–127, 129–130, 133–134, 161, 188, 193, 201, 203, 212, 220–222, 241, 257
Crosby, John 33, 177, 185, 193, 197, 200, 203, 207, 209, 215, 225–226, 228, 232, 246–247, 259, 272, 276, 286
Culford Hall, Suffolk 288
Dawyes/Dawys, servant of Anne Bacon 222, 233
de Vere, Anne (née Cecil), countess of Oxford 58
Dell, William 32, 126–127, 144–145, 160, 171
Dering, Anne (see Locke Dering Prowse, Anne)
Dering, Edward 9
Devereux, Frances (née Walsingham), countess of Essex 21, 206, 231, 254, 264
Devereux, Robert, earl of Essex 2 n. 6, 3, 15–16, 18, 20–21, 26, 36, 37, 39, 40–42, 122, 129, 133, 135, 140, 148–150, 153, 163–165, 194, 199, 206, 208, 217, 224–225, 227, 229–231, 236–240, 245, 248–250, 254, 254 n. 1074, 255–256, 258, 261–268, 272, 277, 282–283, 286
Dike, William 26, 181, 252, 282–283
Dixon, William Hepworth 2
Dorball/Dorbull 159
Downing, William 32, 158, 160, 201, 203, 222, 224, 257, 261
du Plessis-Mornay, Charlotte (née Arbaleste) 13, 92–93 n. 178
du Plessis-Mornay, Philippe 13, 92–93 n. 178
Dudley, Anne (née Russell), countess of Warwick 14, 42 n. 201, 187, 228
Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester 9, 87 n. 166, 115, 118
Edney, Francis 124
Edward VI, king of England 4, 8, 53
Egerton, Stephen 27, 209 n. 772, 213–214
Egerton, Thomas, Viscount Brackley 15, 140
Elizabeth I, queen of England 9, 12, 14–15, 17, 21, 23, 28, 61, 63, 88, 101–102, 115, 118, 120 n. 307, 122, 132–133, 135, 140, 143, 153, 161, 163–166, 195, 198–199, 219, 228, 233–236, 239, 248, 250, 254–255, 258, 260, 263, 266, 274, 281
Elsdon, Mr 107, 175
Erasmus, Desiderius 7 n. 28, 36, 69
Ewer, William 224
Faunt, Nicholas 12, 14, 24, 99–100, 162 n. 521, 166, 177
Fawcett/Forsett/Furcey, goodman 201–202, 255, 258
Field, John 27
Finch, John 38, 103, 125, 137, 143, 151–152, 154, 156 n. 488, 157 n. 494, 158, 158 n. 503, 160, 232
Finch, Mrs, wife of John 154, 156–158, 160–161
Finch, Richard 158
Finch, William 158–161
Fitzwilliam, Sir William 4
Fletcher, Richard, bishop of London 207, 233
Forsett (see Fawcett/Forsett/Furcey)
Fortescue, Sir John 158
France 12–13, 21–22, 89–93, 117, 131–132, 143, 161, 245, 251, 258–259, 261, 280; Newhaven expedition (1562–3) 256; Treaty of Greenwich (1596) 248, 258; Triple Alliance (1596) (see Auvergne, Henri de la Tour d')
Franklin 178
Freeston, Sir Richard 58
French Stranger Church (see London: French Stranger Church)
Frowick(e), Henry 119, 269
Fuller, Nicholas 116, 280
Fulwood, William, The Enimie of Idlenesse 38
Furcey (see Fawcett/Forsett/Furcey)
Gifford, Sir George 271–272
Giggs Clement, Margaret 4
Goad, Captain Francis 18 n. 78, 21, 41, 131–132, 239–240
Goodere, Sir Henry 115 n. 273, 116
Goodman, Godfrey, bishop of Gloucester 1, 33
Goodrich, Thomas, bishop of Ely and lord chancellor 14, 67
Gorhambury manor, Hertfordshire, passim but see especially: 9, 11 n. 46, 22–23, 25–26, 30–34, 69 n. 97, 127, 129, 135 n. 399, 176, 195, 220, 241–242; manorial court 32, 106, 160 n. 512, 192 n. 666, 200–201, 203, 222, 224, 257; Playdells farm 212 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: Gorhambury)
Gosnold, Henry 21, 45, 166, 169
Gotheram, Thomas 149, 155–156, 171, 177–179, 183, 209, 211–215, 242
Goyon, Jacques de, comte de Matignon 110
Gragg 156
Gray, Mr 111
Gray's Inn (see London: Gray's Inn)
Gresham, Anne (see Bacon, Lady Anne (née Gresham))
Gresham, Lady Anne (née Ferneley) 69, 73
Gresham, Sir Thomas 11, 69
Grimell/Grimwell, goodman 111, 137
Groom, servant of Anthony Bacon 202–203, 209, 212, 215, 223, 247
Haddon, Walter 1 n. 1, 4, 7–8, 36, 55–57
Hampton Court Palace, Surrey 195
Harvey, George 29, 121, 124, 147
Hawgood 222
Hayward, Sir Rowland 101
Heath, Nicholas, archbishop of York and lord chancellor 251 n. 1055
Henri IV, king of France 12, 21, 93 n. 178, 131–132, 143, 161, 248
Henshaw, Thomas 179
Heydon, Sir Francis 119
Hickes, Sir Michael 165
Hoby, Sir Edward 21, 120, 122, 274–275
Hoby, Lady Margaret (née Dakins) 209 n. 782
Hoby, Sir Thomas 3 n. 8
Hoby Russell, Lady Elizabeth (see Russell, Lady Elizabeth)
Holmes, Matthias 218
Holt 244
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 7, 65, 188, 231–232
Hores (see Barley estate, Hertfordshire)
Houghton, Peter 274
Howard, Charles, first earl of Nottingham 248, 258
Howard, Henry, earl of Northampton 16, 27, 42, 206–207, 209, 217, 223, 235, 277, 286
Howard, Philip, thirteenth earl of Arundel 42, 207
Howard, Thomas, fourth duke of Norfolk 62, 65–66, 207
Huicke, Dr Robert 162
Humphrey, the butcher 126, 211, 226, 228
Ireland 217–218, 271 n. 1173; Nine Years' War 21, 250, 258, 260–262, 269–270
James VI, king of Scotland (later also James I of England) 258
Jeanne d'Albret see Albret, Jeanne d', queen of Navarre
Jennings, Gabriel 124
Jewel, John, bishop of Salisbury 6, 60 (see also Bacon, Lady Anne: translations: Apologia)
Jones, Edward 123
Kellet, John 221
Kemp, Bartholomew 126–127, 129, 138, 158, 166–170, 173–176, 181, 210
Kemp, Nicholas 167
Kempe, David 181
Killigrew, Lady Katherine (née Cooke) 3–5, 9, 158 n. 501
Knight, John 213
Knight, Robert 109, 113, 138, 158, 193
Knight, Thomas 109, 126, 144, 171, 232, 235, 252, 285, 287
Knollys, William, first earl of Banbury 258
la Fontaine, Robert Le Maçon de 161, 269
Laceby, Robert 160
Lambeth conference (1584) 87
Large, John 268
Large, Robert 202, 211–212, 232, 242
Lawrence 103, 168, 170, 188, 200, 235, 252
Lawson, Thomas 12–13, 16, 33, 42, 99–100, 110–111, 186, 193, 210–211, 216, 227, 232
le Preux, Jean 133
The Life of Severus Alexander 7, 240
Locke Dering Prowse, Anne (née Vaughan) 9
Lockey, Richard 34, 159–160
London: aldermen 21, 30, 101, 143, 145–147, 274; Bishopsgate Street 16, 179–180; Bull Inn, Bishopsgate Street 16, 179–180; Cannon Row 58; Chelsea 16, 207, 217, 219–220, 222; Doctors' Commons 24, 253; Essex House, the Strand 16, 44, 229–230, 239, 273, 275; French Stranger Church, Threadneedle Street 17, 22, 100, 225, 231 (see also Castol, Jean; la Fontaine, Robert Le Maçon de); Gray's Inn passim but see especially 16, 21, 41, 131, 158, 165, 170, 180, 198, 229; Lambeth 63, 260; Paul's Cross, St Paul's Cathedral 88; Wimbledon 57 n. 29, 58; York House, the Strand 9, 11 n. 46, 170, 210
Lopez, Roderigo 21, 161, 164
manorial courts (see Gorhambury, manorial court)
Mantell, Hugh 32, 141, 223
Marks manor, Essex 29, 121, 124–125, 138, 147, 170
Marsh, Thomas 193
Mary I, queen of England 8, 251
Maurice of Nassau 250–251
Maynard, Sir Henry 108, 117
Maynard, Ralph 114
Mehmed III, sultan of the Ottoman empire 245, 250
Meriden/Meryden, Warwickshire 102
Mills, William 124
Minchenbury (see Barley estate, Hertfordshire)
Moore, Sir Edward 250
Moorer, Robert 30, 163, 194, 242–243, 246–247
More, Margaret (see Roper, Margaret)
More, Sir Thomas, lord chancellor 14, 67
Morgan, Hugh 30–31, 242, 246–247
Morice, James 120
Moschopulus, Manuel, De ratione examinandae orationis libellus 3 n. 8, 5
Moseley, John 176
Napsbury manor, Hertfordshire 30, 115–118, 278–279
Neville, Lady Anne (née Killigrew) 158 n. 501
Neville, Sir Henry 158
Newton, Thomas 180 n. 619, 181
Nonsuch Palace, Surrey 235, 260
Norris, Sir John 262
North, Roger, Lord North 258
Nunn, George 71
Ochino, Bernardino (see Bacon, Lady Anne: translations: Ochino's sermons)
O'Neill, Hugh, second earl of Tyrone 250, 258
Osborne, John 79, 212
Osborne, Mrs, wife of John 212–213
Paget, William, first Baron Paget 251
Parker, Margaret (née Harleston) 14, 62
Parker, Matthew, archbishop of Canterbury 6–7, 9, 14, 23, 45, 58–68
Parliament 21, 87, 120, 122
A Parte of a Register 27, 138
Paternoster, Bernard 72
Paulet, Lady Margaret (née Harvey) 287–288
Percy, Dorothy (see Perrott Percy, Lady Dorothy, countess of Northumberland)
Percy, Henry 123, 125
Pérez, Antonio 16, 42, 123 n. 323, 125 n. 337, 207, 223, 249
Perrott Percy, Lady Dorothy, countess of Northumberland 245
Peryam, Lady Elizabeth (née Bacon) 12, 226, 228–229
Peryam, Sir William 12, 226, 228–289
Peter, the cook 110–111
Peter, ‘little’, servant of Anthony Bacon 24, 41 n. 192, 128, 157, 161, 165, 178, 253–254
Petit, Jacques 113, 175, 196, 221
Philip II, king of Spain 251
Pindar 7, 204
Pinner park and farm, Middlesex 108 n. 231, 280
plague 136, 151, 155, 179, 197, 200, 256
Preston, miller 197, 225
Publilius Syrus 7, 231
Puckering, Sir John 119, 122, 155, 166, 210
Rame, Francis 192, 201, 203
Rawley, William 44
Read, Mrs 73, 210
Reade, Mr 171, 211
Redbourn manor, Hertfordshire passim but see especially 25–26, 30, 33–34, 102, 128, 138, 155, 172, 176, 182, 185, 194, 204, 209–210, 213, 219, 242, 270, 280, 287–288
Rich, Lady Penelope (née Devereux) 254
Richmond Palace, Surrey 233, 235
Risbrough, bailiff of Barley 136
Rockett, Thomas 256–258
Roewly, Paul, servant 268
Rolff, goodman 104, 167–168, 211
Roper, Margaret (née More) 4
Rowland, servant of Anne Bacon 244, 275
Rowlett, Lady Margaret (née Cooke) 3–5, 27, 57, 115 n. 273, 275 n. 1194
Rowlett, Sir Ralph 115 n. 273, 116, 275 n. 1194
Russell, Anne (see Dudley, Anne, countess of Warwick)
Russell, Lady Elizabeth (née Cooke) 1, 3–5, 9, 18 n. 79, 23, 27–28, 38, 42, 57, 120 n. 306, 150, 153, 207, 209, 228 n. 908, 242, 261
Russell, Francis, second earl of Bedford 228
Russell, Margaret (see Clifford, Margaret, countess of Cumberland)
Russell, William, first Baron Russell of Thornhaugh 262
Sadler, Thomas 231
St Albans, Hertfordshire 114, 119, 139, 155, 159, 176, 197, 238, 269–271, 278–279; archdeaconry court 25–26, 104, 181–182, 256–257
Sallust 7, 63
Saunders, John 278 n. 1219
Selwin/Selwyn, Edward 141
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ‘the Younger’, 7–8, 195, 267
Scudamore, Sir John 184
Scudamore, Lady Mary (née Shelton) 21, 184 n. 640, 195
Shardeloes manor, Amersham 80
Shrimpton, Robert 278 n. 1219
Sidney, Sir Robert 161
Skinner, Thomas 274
Skipwith, Stephen 275 n. 1194
Skipwith, William 275 n. 1194
Smith, ‘old’, possibly Richard Smith 112, 172, 256, 258
Smith, Dr Richard 150, 162, 227, 235
Smith, Richard 157
Smith, Sir Thomas 55–56
Smyth, Robert 259, 285–287
Smyth, Thomas 64–65
Spain 22, 245; Cadiz expedition (1596) 247, 250, 254, 262–263, 266; Calais, siege and fall (1596) 238, 251, 255–256
Spedding, James 2, 33 n. 167
Spelman, Lady Eleanor (née l'Estrange) 173
Spelman, Sir Henry 173 n. 576
Spencer, Edward 26, 33, 122, 127–128, 130, 174, 176, 189, 191, 195–196, 212, 216
Spencer, Alderman John, 30, 122 n. 317, 143, 145–147, 280 n. 1233
Spencer, Robert 250
Stafford, Lady Dorothy (née Stafford) 21, 233–235, 264
Stafford, Sir Edward 163
Standen, Anthony 12, 16, 42–43, 135, 137, 140, 150 n. 466, 206, 227, 232
Stanhope, Sir Edward 18, 26, 38, 253–254, 280–282
Stanhope, Thomas 24, 253
Stanley, Elizabeth (née de Vere), countess of Derby 262–263
Stanley, William, sixth earl of Derby 263
Stiffkey Hall, Norfolk 74
Stretley, Thomas 183, 189, 194, 279
Sylva, Bartholo 9
Talbot, Elizabeth (née Hardwick), countess of Shrewsbury (Bess of Hardwick) 1, 107 n. 222
Talbot, Gilbert, seventh earl of Shrewsbury 248, 259, 262
Talbot, Mary (née Cavendish), countess of Shrewsbury 107
Tenison, Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury 44
Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) 7, 76, 174, 179, 276
Thomas, John 279
Tille, Mr 222
Townshend, Lady Jane (née Stanhope) 73
Townshend, Sir Roger 73 n. 116
Travers, Walter 87 n. 166, 217–218
Trinity College, Dublin 218
Trott, Nicholas 30 n. 145, 112, 142–143, 145–147, 160, 178, 183, 185, 189–192
Twickenham Park, Middlesex 129, 133–134, 152, 170, 180, 217, 287
Tyrell, Edward 283 n. 1251
Tyrell, Mrs, wife of Edward 283–284
Verstegan, Richard 6
Walker, John 65
Walsall, John 11, 74–79
Walsingham, Frances (see Devereux, Frances, countess of Essex)
Walsingham, Sir Francis 12, 99 n. 185, 195 n. 684
Walsingham, Lady Ursula 21, 206, 231
wardships 23–24, 101, 283–287
Waxam, Norfolk 74
Wentworth, Peter 21, 122
Wharton, John 205
White, Anne (née Cecil) 217
Whitgift, John, archbishop of Canterbury 24, 87 nn. 165–166, 100, 120 n. 306, 138
Wiburn, Percival (see Wyborn, Percival)
widowhood (see Bacon, Lady Anne: widowhood)
Wilblood, Humphrey 25–26, 104, 108, 127, 138, 171, 182–183, 204, 233
Wilcox, Thomas 26, 45, 93–98
Wildblood, Humphrey (see Wilblood, Humphrey)
Willett, Andrew 9, 127, 136, 183
Windridge manor, Hertfordshire 30, 177 n. 603
Wingfield, Robert 8
Winter/Wynter, goodman 34, 148, 159–160, 172, 226, 228, 234, 271–272
Witherton, Thomas 212
Woodhouse, Lady Anne (née Bacon) 74 n. 120
Woodhouse, Sir Henry 74 n. 120
Woodward 202, 208, 234
Wyborn, Percival 25, 104, 127–129, 133 n. 391, 142–144, 178, 227, 273, 275–276
Wyndham, Lady Elizabeth (née Bacon) 11, 70, 73
Wyndham, Sir Francis 70
Yates, Edward 168–169, 249, 251–252, 259
